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GAME-BOARD.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June '11, 191s.

Application filed January 11, 1917. Serial No. 141.892.

To all lwhom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL J. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to game boards of the type simulating base ball, and has for its primar object to provide an improved game boar upon which a game governed closely by the rules of base ball may be played. A further object of my invention is to provide a Vgame board adapted for playing a game which requiresskill on the part of the players and in which the element of chance enters but little if at all.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a game board in which the game to be played thereon so closely resembles base ball and requires such skill on the part of the players that it Will appeal to and afford great amusement for all players, and particularly those familiar with and interested in the actual game of base ball.

For a conslderation of what I believe to be novel and my invention, attention is directed to the accompanying specification and the claims appended thereto.

The accompanying drawing is a plan view of a game board showing one arrangement embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawing, 2 indicates a board having a Hat surface upon which are lines which mark olf areas, as will be eX- plained hereinafter. The board may be of Wood, card board, or the like, and has a vertical end wall 3 and vertical side walls L and 5 which extend entirely along the side as shown, or only part way as found desirable.

The end 0f the board toward the wall 3 is laid olf as a base ball diamond, 6, 7, 8 and 9 indicatin home plate, first base, second base, and t ird base, respectively, and 10 the aths connecting them. The paths are pre erably of some characteristic'color, and extending across from the path connecting home plate to first base to the path connecting home late to third base 1s an area l1 marked o by lines 12, 12a. Thearea 11 is preferably of the same color as the paths 10, and is marked Bunt hit. The remaining area within the diamond is preferably of some other color.v The first and third base lines are extended to form foul lines 13 and 14, and extending from one of these to the other are lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 which mark o' areas 19, 20, 21, 22. Lines l5, 16, 17 and 18 are preferably arcs of concentric circles having their common center located at the center of the diamond. The areas 19, 20, 21 and 22 are marked l base, 2 base, 3 base, and Home run respectively, and represent a one base hit, a two base hit, a three base hit, and a home run hit. Inthe area outside the diamond and between the foul lines are areas 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 28 and 29, which represent the respec tive players of the in-field and out-field, and occupy positions such as are usually assumed by such players. The areas 23 to 29 are preferably colored the same as thatof the diamond outside the area 11 and they may be round as shown, or of other contour. The area 29a between the line 18 and the vertical end wall 3 and side walls 4 and 5 is also preferably colored the same as the diamond outside area 11, and Within it are lines 30, 31 and 32 marking o areas 34, 35 and 36 Which are marked Sacrifice y. Adjacent the foul lines 13 and 14: just outside the diamond are lines 37 and 38 marking olf areas 39 and 4.0 which are marked Foul out. EX- tending across the diamond from line 12a to the path connecting the bases are lines 4:1 and 42 marked Ball line. The home plate G is shown as being round and surrounding it outside the diamond is a line 43 defining an area 14 which is preferably colored the same as the diamond outside the area 11.

The area 44 is marked Catcher.

The diamond is preferably so located on the board that the home plate 6 is at about the center and located at the end of the board away from the diamond is an area 45 marked Shooting box. The area 45 is located at a suitable distance from the homeplate, and preferabl there is a straight line 46 cfmnecting t em to `assist the players in shooting, as explained hereinafter. If desired, a second area 45a similar to area 45 may be provided and marked Amateur shooting box, the object being to provide a shooting baX for players not skilled in the game, or

for giving one player a handicap over another.

The game is played with disks which are ning one after another. In playing the game after the manner now contemplated by ine,v

the first player places a disk, as indicated at A, on the home plate 6, and then places a second disk B, which is the shooter, 1n the shooting box or 45a, the disk B being preferably somewhat larger than the disk A.

The player then shoots the disk B at the disk with the inger, or otherwise, the object being to have the disk B hit the disk A and drive disk A out into the area 11 marked Bunt hit, or into one of the areas 19, 20, 21 or 22. If the disk A lands in the area 11 or 19, then the player is entitled to a base hit and the disk A is placed on first base. If the disk A lands in area 20, 21, or 22, then the player is entitled to a two base hit, or a three basefhit, or a home run, as the case may be. "If the disk A stops partly in one area and -partly in another, then it may be considered as being in one or the other according to the rules previously decided upon. If the disk A when driven lands in or touches the area within the diamond outside area il or any one of the areas 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 29"-, 39, ad, or 44, then one out is counted against the player. If the player shoots at the diskA and misses it, then one strike is counted against him, and, as in a ball gaine, three strikes count an out. i I preferably provide the ball lines 4:1 and 42 and if the player, in shooting, misses the disk A and the shooter B lands on one of the ball lines, then it counts a ball instead of a strike, the player being entitled to a hase upon getting four balls. ,If the disk A lands in one of the areasd, 35, or 36, then a sacrifice dy is indicated. l@ne out is then counted against the player, but an man or men on bases are advanced one ase unless there are already two out, in which case the inning is completed. Assuming a one base hit is scored, then the disk A is placed on jirs't base, and a second disk A is placed on the home plate, and the game continued as already explained. Or, if desired, the same -disk A may be used continuously for shootmg and separate disks of suitable size used to represent men on the bases. i Assuming the rulesof base ball are closely followed, then each player plays until threeV outs are scored against him,'the runs made during each inning being recorded as in'base ball. It will be seen that when one or more disks A are on bases greater skill is required in shooting, and I preferably provide a rule that should the dlsk A, which is shot, strike a disk A already on a base, -an .out is re corded. l f

The board may be one solid color with the various areas. marked olv by lines, but I l preferably make itof two or more colors, marking all the out areas of the same color. This gives ease and simplicity to Lacasse the understandin and playing of the game, as whenever a isk A touches the out color, an out is scored against the player. In the drawing the out area isindicated by the shaded areas.

I have found in playing the game that considerable skill'is required, and I, therefore, have shown two shooting boxes 45 and 45 placed at different distances from the home plate, either of which may be used according to the skill and desire of the players. -The straight line 46 which may be providedconnecting the shooting box or boxes to home plate is used to assist the players in shooting as they may aim a shot alongthis line.

It wiil be understood, of course, that the board may be varied as to color and the manner in which it is laid out, and the rules'of the game varied to suit any set of circumstances met with, so long as the game board resuiting embodies the characteristic features of my invention.

In accordance with the provisions o the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out by other means.

-What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters atent of the United States, ist-d l. In a ame apparatus a board having at one en a vertical end wall and adjacent vertical side walls, indicia on the board adjacent the end of the board having 'the end wall which dene a base ball del the home plate of the diamond being toward the center of the board, lines defining areas on the ball eld which represent p a a ball gaine, all the areas vwhich represent an out being of a distinctive color, lines adjacent the other end of the board defining an area which represents a shooting box, a disk to be laced on the home plate, and a second isk adapted to be placed in the shootin box and lpropelled toward the' first named 'sk 2.` In a game'apparatus, a board having at one end a vertical end wall and adjacent vertical side walls, indicia on the boardad jacent the end of the board havin the end wall which Adefine a base ball eld, the home plate of the diamond being toward the center of the board, concentric lines dening areas on the ball field which represent plays in a ball game, there being an area adjacent the home plate which represents a bunt hit, and areas beyond the diamond which represent a one base hit, a

two base hit, a three base hit, and a ys inpla er," said circles havinga distinctive color box, a, disk adapted to be placed on the an representing an out, the area between home plate, and a second disk adapted the outermost concentric circle and the end to be placed in the shooting box and pro- 10 and side walls of the board being also ofv pelled toward the irst named disk.

5 such distinctive color to represent an out,? n witness whereof, I have hereunto set vlines adjacent the other end of the board demy hand thisvth d? of Janna 1917, ining an area which represents a shooting ARL J. S SON. 

